President sends to Mrs. Augustus C. French, wife of former governor of Illinois, autograph to be used at Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair. Lincoln to French, 16 May 1864, in possession of Cyrus French Wicker, Miami, Fla.

Holds financial conference relative to converting existing 5 percent loan to 6 percent. Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, 18 May 1864, CW, 7:347.